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Graduate Diploma in
Mineral Resources

Overview

Enhance your scientific and technical knowledge and accelerate your career in the dynamic minerals sector.

Whether your goal is to enhance your scientific and technical knowledge, accelerate your career, or gain entry into the dynamic minerals sector, this one year Graduate Diploma program will support your professional aspirations.

You'll learn from experts with applied research backgrounds to ensure you gain the latest scientific knowledge. Experienced industry associates will also explore with you a range of strategies for practical implementation that puts this knowledge into industry contexts.

Not only will you advance your knowledge in key specialist areas of the minerals industry, but you'll also develop analytical skills that enable you to critically assess complex industry problems, and investigate and resolve operational problems in a safe and commercially efficient manner.

On completion of these programs you may also be eligible for membership of professional bodies such as the Australian Institute of Geoscientists, Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Geological Society of Australia, and the Society of Exploration Geophysicists.

Career possibilities

Postgraduate study can take you anywhere. Here are some of the careers you could be on your way to:

Exploration geologist

Exploration geophysicist

Geoscientist

Mining surveyor

Resource development geologist

Geotechnical geologist

Modelling geologist

Geotechnical engineer

Graduate salary

Science and mathematics (postgraduate)

$76K–$87K

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“I chose the Master of Mineral Resources because it contained both course-based learning and a research project that allowed me to solidify my geological knowledge and increase my understanding of the industry.”

Oliver Turner

Graduate, Master of Mineral Resources

“I chose the Master of Mineral Resources because it contained both course-based learning and a research project that allowed me to solidify my geological knowledge and increase my understanding of the industry.”

Additional application information

Courses are offered by short intensive modules, application exercises, and project.

Some courses may incur additional costs (e.g. field trips).

In certain plans, courses are offered in a web-based delivery mode, enabling international students to take the courses in their home countries.

Students may need hardware/software required to access the internet.

Some courses are offered only once each year, or in some years not at all. Students should enquire about the availability of courses early in the application process, and well before committing to travel to Brisbane.

A limited number of Commonwealth supported places (CSP) are available for domestic students. CSP students pay a student contribution amount, rather than paying tuition fees. Domestic students who apply for entry to the program will automatically be considered for a CSP. CSPs are limited and are not guaranteed for all domestic applicants. More information about Commonwealth supported places.

Student visas

International students who are accepted into full-time study in the Graduate Diploma in Mineral Resources are eligible to apply for an Australian student visa (subclass 500).

There are a number of requirements you must satisfy before a visa is granted, including the genuine temporary entrant (GTE) requirement.

Fees and Scholarships

Government assistance

Financial aid

Indicative annual fee

AUD $41,040

Indicative annual fee 2020

This indicative annual fee is the cost of enrolling in the Graduate Diploma in Mineral Resources for the 2020 academic year. It is calculated based on a standard full-time study load (16 units per academic year).

If you enrol in a larger or smaller study load, your fees will be calculated on a proportionate basis. All fees are reviewed annually.

Indicative annual fee

This indicative annual fee is the average cost of enrolling full-time in the Graduate Diploma in Mineral Resources at 2020 fee rates.

A standard full-time study load is 16 units per academic year. The average fee would be less for part-time study.

Actual fees may be lower or higher according to your choice of courses, their unit value and the time you take to complete this program. Fees may be higher in later years as all fees are reviewed annually.

A limited number of Commonwealth Supported Places (CSPs) may be offered for this program on the basis of academic merit. Once all CSPs have been exhausted, offers may be made on a tuition-fee-paying basis.